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Leftypedia | |
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| Type | Online encyclopedia |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | CyberSynGang |
| URL | leftypedia.org (2019–2022) wiki.leftypol.org (2022–) |
Leftypedia is an online collaborative encyclopedia that inspired the creation of ProleWiki. Unlike ProleWiki, Leftypedia aims to be a big tent organisation, containing views from all sections of "leftism" regardless of their scientific accuracy. Leftypedia in present day is largely inactive with most edits being performed by a small number of administrators.
History
Leftypedia originated in 2019 with the purpose of safeguarding content from Marxistpedia following its shutdown. Initially hosted at the leftypedia.org domain, the site was taken down in July 2022. However, it was subsequently revived under the wiki.leftypol.org domain later that year, where it remains active as of 2024.[1]
Comparison to ProleWiki
The primary difference between ProleWiki and Leftypedia is that Leftypedia seeks to be a big tent, "catch-all leftism" encyclopedia, whereas ProleWiki aims to follow the line of scientific socialism and Marxism-Leninism.[2] Without an emphasis on scientific socialism, Leftypedia runs the risk of being tricked into supporting imperialist propaganda against socialist states, due to allowing multiple tendencies definitions of imperialism which overlap with one another.
Another difference is that Leftypedia is only available in English while ProleWiki has articles in other languages in the spirit of proletarian internationalism.
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References
- ↑ "Leftypedia". Leftypedia. Archived from the original on 2024-04-09.
- ↑ “Leftypedia aims to document and propagate left-wing theory from a variety of different tendencies, and thus contribute to a more unified leftist movement in which no view is misrepresented”
"Main Page". Leftypedia. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-11-25.